NEWBURG, Ind., (AP) - Four members of an Evansville family were killed
Friday night in a car-truck collision.
Killed were Dennis W. Beavin, 33; his daughter, Elisha G., 10, and
sons, Richard A, 8, and Adam, 3. Adam died about three hours after the
collision on Indiana 66 two miles east of Newburg. the others were killed
instanly.
Kevin Beavin, 11, and another passenger in the Beavin car, Eric Dowdy,
10, were injured along with the truck driver, Michael S. Harris, 29, Boonville.
Sheriff deputies said the truck went off the highway, causing Harris
to loose control. They say the truck veered back onto the road and struck
the Beavin car.
July 1980 Henderson Gleaner